Joystiq reports rumors of layoffs at Mythic Entertainment, saying that
somewhere between 60 and 130 employees have been let go, speculating that this must
have impacted the development team. A post to the
Warhammer Herald by Mark Jacobs (thanks
Massively) addresses this, saying: "Though we are resizing the team to move
from a pre-launch to a post-launch size, we remain fully committed to creating
and delivering the best WAR experience." He goes on to explain how they hired
additional QA staff for the launch of the MMORPG, and that: "Obviously, demand
for a large QA and play-testing staff also falls after launch." In conclusion he
says: "Although we now have fewer developers on the game than we did leading up
to the launch, WAR still has a larger dev team today than we ever had for Dark
Age of Camelot. At Mythic, we’re committed to maintaining the trust of WAR
players – we’re going to deliver the content and service that keeps you
playing." In a separate story,
Joystiq reports that Warhammer Online reaches 300,000 subscribers.